Inventing pollution : coal, smoke, and culture in Britain since 1800 / Peter Thorsheim.
- Thorsheim, Peter.
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2006], ©2006.
Physical description
xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Coal, smoke, and history -- The miasma era -- Pollution redefined -- The balance of nature -- Pollution and civilization -- Degeneration and eugenics -- Environmental activism -- Regulating pollution -- Pollution displacement -- Death comes from the air -- Smokeless zones -- Reinventing pollution.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-291) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineJCI.43.AA8-9Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0821416804
- 0821416812